City looks at IT consolidation

Eyeing annual savings of up to a half-billion dollars, the Los Angeles City Council asked Monday for a report on a proposal to consolidate the city's myriad computer operations in one agency. Daily News.

Similar plans have been proposed over the years, but council members are now feeling pressure to follow through because of the city's dire financial outlook.

Under the plan, most of the separate computer operations of the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Fire Department would be transferred to the city's Information Technology Agency over the next five years.